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~;6 4' m;rl ~)PZ -- " ,2-, -GG r -e , A. /~~ , -J 4 THE MODEL 01. 1-11 BATTLE OF W ATF.R!. O O, coverit7 of . 4 ."( 1 f •'^* -, 1:'1) if NO' 4 ' !he if.tiVi-TI.UN HALL, Admittance One Open from T en till Five in the Morning, and from Six till Nine in the Evening,. brilliantly illuminated. Q_________ REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TRAINS EACH WAY, EXCEPTING on SUNDAYS. Eight o'cl oc k ............ Morning Four o'clock .. .. Evening (excepting on Monday's from Maidenhead, when it will leave at Half -past Seven) Nine.. ..................... Morning Five Ditto Twelve ... Ten ..................... ...D itto Six • Ditto ............ Noon I Seven Ditto ON SUNDAYS. At Eight o'eloek ........ Morning. At Five o'clock Evening. Ralf -past Eight . Ditto. Six Ditt o . Nice_ •• ................. Ditto. S even Di tto . Private Carriages conveyed on Trucks. 1 11 - ItISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. CALL of Si. per Share, being th e Fifth I ns t a l men t, an d making with former Calls the sum of 201. per Share. The DIRECTORS of this COMPANY, under the provisions of the Act of Incorporation, hereby give Notice, that the Proprie t°" of Share s are requ i red to pay on or before the 20th day of October Next, at any of the under-mentioned Banks, the sum of Si. ,211 each of th e i r respective Shares:— Landon —Messrs. Glynn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. 1- . tverpool—The Bank of Li verpoo l. Alanchester—The South Lancashire Bank. bristol—Messrs.Miles, Harford, and Co. ; Messrs. Baillie, Ames, and Co.- Stuckey and Co's. Banking Company, or at either of their branches; the West of England and South Wales District Bank, or either of its branches; the National Provincia „„ Bank o f E ng l and. t;xe ter--...The West of England and South Wales District Bank, or either of its branches; the Devon and Cornwall Banking Corn- Pany ; Messrs. Col e , H o l roy d, an d C o . ; M essrs . Milf or d an d . Messrs. Sanders, Sons, and Co. Who have been instructed to charge Interest at the rate of 5 per tot, per annum on all payments made after the said 20th day of October Next. By Order of the Board of Directors. • J. B. BADHAM, Secretary. Office, SO, Broad-street, Bristol, Sept. 25, 1838. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. CONTRACT FOR WORKS. Kati is hereby given, that the Directors of the Manchester and 1 3 133. rnitigham R a il way C om p any willTieet at their o ffi ces, No. 23, iien,,ci-street, Manchester, on Wednesday the 31st of October, '` l ; at twelve o'clock at neon, to receive TENDERS for the un dery he m entioned CONTRACTS : ; "' 5, o r St oc k port Vi a d uct C on t rac t .— T o ma k e an d ma i n t a i n bridge or viaduct over the river Mersey, the north end of which rt sit uate at the di s t ance o f a b ou t seven c hains south of George ' s G ad; in th e t owns hi p of Heston Norr i s, i n t h e county o f L ancaster , tad the south end of which is situate at the distance of about 2% „4. clll ms south of Daw Bank, i n th e town of Stockport, in the county Chester.;`,, Th e l ength of the v i a d uct w ill b e a b ou t 1,784 f eet, treatest length about 106 feet from the river to the rails. I • u rafts of th e contracts, w i t h p l ans an d s p ec ifi ca ti ons , w ill b e ;: 841 4 ,Y for in spect i on on and after Monday t h e Bt h o f O cto b er next, -- , 3 ".e Offices of the E n gi neers in Chief, Store-street, Man c h es t er . th`nntecl forms of tender may be had at the same place, and at s e al l prnany's Offices in Bond-street, Manchesr, at which l ."e es tenders must , be lodged previously to th e hour of meetinatter g, Cuor ge d , " Tender f or W or k s ," and no tender e xcep t t h e pr i nted 11 4 1 ,,furnishes1 by the Company will be attended to. b o ", Party whose tender is accepted will be r e q u i re d t o enter i nto to th u e with twis sureties, for the due rerformance of the contract, extent of 10 per cent. en the gross amount of such contract ; a nd the name s an d d escr i pt i ons of the p roposed sureties must be set forth in the tender. IsZhe; Directors will not consider themselves bound to accept the li en° te nder and they expect the several parties tendering, or , o ns duly a uthors sed by them, to ba in attendance at the offices •• a nd-street, Manchester, at the time of me-ting. (Signed) ROBERT BARBOUR, Chairman. Manchester and Birmingham Railway Offices, Sept. B ond_street , 2l, IS3B. DRESS COATS, cut in the first style of Fashion, 3 0s. ; superfine, 403. to 50s. ; frock coats, silk facings, tr and 475. ; sup e r fi ne s i lk velvet collar and silk facings, 50s. ; t:users, 6s. 6d. t o 12 s. Od. ; buckskin, c l o th, an d kerieymere, lis. and 25 5• ; fancy waistcoats, ss. 6d. to 12s. 6d. ; rich silk ditto, cloth, bersymere, 7s. to 12s. 6d. ; Petersham great coats, 255. and pilot coats,2ls., and 30s. ; shootin jackets, ISs. ; cr easing -gowns, 10s. 6d. ; boys' and youths cl o th in g; cloth tunic dresses, 30s. to 42,. A Suit of Clothes, V. 17s. ; Superfine Black 3/. 3,. At FISHER and Co.'s, Tailors, 31, King William-street. City ten doors from London-b r id ge . ; OLD BOND-STREET, Opposite the Western Exchange. EYESIGHT and DEFECTIVE HEARING—PATEN f' PRE SERVATIVE AMBER and PELLUCID SPECTACLE PA TRONI E ED by THEIR MAJESTIES la ' SS .h fhe iC AUCE m j SUSSES, iIE7tAarATZ' gies I N Y CH I E ' Sb I of RICHMOND, the DUKE of M BUC KINGHAM, &c. &c. R.. E. SOLOIVIONS, OPTICIAN, Patentee of the AMBER LENSES, No. 36, OLD BOND STREET (nearly o osite the Western Exchange), has the honour to observe that his 13.18 ER SPECTACLES, &c., which have obtained the sanction and approbation of the chief medical and stcientific authorities in Europe—are the results of a long and ex tensive practice—and based from an attentive study of the analo n.theories of VISION and SOUND from the numerous cases buasuih!ve come under Mr. E. Solomons' professional observation— blic3,r\en,scesl him to effect a vast improvement in VOICE COIN . th e , ‘'ltS for aiding and relieving all cases of deafness, &c.; hitg er are , a cknowleded to be far superior to anything of the kind scat t° offered, inasmuch as they are constructed on so small a b„ e, as to be worn unperceived, without requiring to be held, and of_enibling the individual using them to participate immediately in enjoyment of conversation, &c., thus at the same time afford (nnifort.'and assistance. of Air . E. S.' s AMBER SPEC TACLES possess the advantage i nodifyi ng bright and strong light which is transmitted through fecal arious humours of the Eye, so as to render vision most per- Y distinct conveying also a sense of coolness and pleasure to the. th e °rgan, with the additional recommendation of being free from th Pernicious attributes of common glasses. The properties of pp °se s Pectacles admirably adapt them to afford ease and comfort by groetecting and strengthening the Eyes, and to extend to vision the eell e t assistance that art can accomplish. Their apprlative ex ti,. nee is attested by the following, and many other eminent prac .n"'n who have recommended their adoption in preference to others sar Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S, President of the College of Sirßenjamin B ro di e, B art., F. R. S., &c., Savi k-row. j Junes E. Anderson, M.D., &c., New Burlington-street. ,Iti:lgTesgseJohnson, Esq., Physician Extraordinary to the late Ilra n • j sby Cooper, Esq., P.R. S.,Surgeon to Guy' Hospital, &c. es. a 2 le s Copeland, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., Bulstrode-street, ittar e , •uarti TeitAl; t snti onVare, Esq., Oculist, New Bridge-street. KcY, Esq., St. Helene-place. 117 "errY. Esq., Chester-terrace. onison, Esq. Frederick-place, Old Jewry. ter la Hall, Es' MD FRS Bulstrode-street, Manches -*vinare c l" • " • •J, T. • .cv Conquest, Esq. , M. D. , Finsbury-square. .1, s n , -boffin, Esq., 14, Langham-place. s - " en . Esq., Surgeon to the Eye Infirmary, Bath. ...-t!venson, Esq., Oculist to his late Majesty, &c. abls nd7,a,..l,nlposition having been extensively carried on by travellers . house" s.ers assuming Mr. Solomon's name, or a connection with !, the Public are respectfully apprised that none such are bv him -• not , / - "BER SPECTACLES bearing the ONLY PATENT tseielltant, no other improvement having been effected in Spec kled ; e nses f or the last 90 OLD BOND-ySTREET. ears, their disposal is exclusively con- ' I e bri - JOHN ARMSTRONG'S LIVER PILLS. paric.-tr:inet how I am physicked, so it be not b . y the adyentu o re m of or a e r, trl tii': advice of a physician, who I am sure will prescrdse n e ,_ p, 4„ 'he. -41 'may Clitutist with my safety, and need doth requir .' Old -1 1: 1 , E , s SE LIVER PILLS have now established sart, and l a favourite FAMILY APERIENT, as a ta,i t stire Destro u yer of WORMS in Children, as a most effee ka 44 11 edY for an INACTIVE LIVER, and, cor.sequently,a and 011:41PLIOUS. Obstinate Sores heal, and the STONE a ( "kkai on - ' 4 , 'EL are invariably cured under a course of them. The L el. % thn-, l se of these Pills, instead of any other Aper!ent,.ren misto, 1,- ~oraplexion beautifully clear, and free from . Eruptions. 4 f9 if r k ir i eal persons are now never without these Pills. Taken °o ht l a g ts before a Voyage, they prevent Sea-sickness. . They 11°' Ist 4 y 4°Al ..es, Gamboge, or Colocynth ; occasioning no Piles, ti. pain in their operation. l'°4ll 4 eftniss inn of the Board of Stamps and Taxes at So le m d e ie rs ie et e : ' 121,.' yle Proprietor has had the Name of his invalu ab le 1% 4 ' . ;fti?llN A RMSTRONG'S LIVER PILLS, GRAVED - Orlti h „ --. / ATTER% on the Government Stamp, to which he hi e _,.es to affi x, in red wax, his Coat of Arms, a Tower on a T i rl of ermine and gold. t e st 4,OI"IVER PILLS are now prepared only by the Proprietor's ceding44ldopt°° Agents, Edw. Winstanley and Son, 7, Poultry, te as* , , lia e of Jon T. Eddy, of Bishop Stortford, who bat t °. be the Pr p 'et 's Agent on the 9th February, 1 . 838, of krlCOatitinues 0. ,he his heirs, administrators, and assigns, by virtue 7 , Iftrl.sinent auly stamped ' and executed, bearing date October tbe a teret of "able to a penalty of 500/. if he or they ever divulge 0 64, ! the Prescription, ag ain prepare the Pills, or sell any 4, 44 1 '111 e o f hi s or t or rin under the name of Dr. John Ihetr,ornes Liver Pillest.r prepa g, i- I ke f or r Lde is informed that the Proprietor, a Gentleman of r n r te e tory bottne. bas directed his new Agents to put 13 Boxes int o _ e t ili Pared zen:pseket, and that the Is. lid. size only will now b "hol • tessrs. Winstanley are to supply only the London 4ddress944tihejl_s; to whom, therefore, Retailers are requested to Sold r * l'; o rders. t handi e : - - 1 - by W instanley, 7. Poultry; Evans, 42, Long-lane; %ay, ik ,, , , 76, Oxford -street; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Han- Ch iii 7 si , Oxford -street ; Ensor, l •25, Oxford-street ; Butler, 4, thro p ,e, corner of St. Paul's • Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Bar hand'eb!°l, Heman dsev-street ; Croyden, 36, Wigmore-street ; ,iowde'inttrk, Aliddle-rov, Holborn ; Jones, 171, High Holborn; l otte r ,h a ' 2, Haymarket ; Prout, 2 .3 9, Strand; 111‘Getriel . c, 116, s quar e • tn. Court -road ; Bateman, 8, Castle-street, Leicester -4' ifi,ins),,,Gryitrpoaryde,_lo4,. Strand ; Lucas, .63_ , Cheapside ; Waylatt, it 2 e Triu tech. , .inent , Osborne, 79, Bishopsgate-street ; Fuller, -,, r et r., 'pet , Constable Borough ; Hooper, 24, Great Russel .l\l'art.,,lt i\-Terdeinetin-gae rden ; all ' . the Wholesale Dealers ; and by all ;".) Arrnstro ' V enders, in boxes, accompanied with the late 48. l id. euh n g ' own Directions, and some interesting cases, at NII • ----Ask for " Dr. John Armstrong's Liver Pills." eL.,.,L,AIN CURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS. A. ~,,,,NGHAM's ROTTERDAM CORN and :Are k 'l'lie4t. - --L'ION SOLVEN T, which gives relief upon the first , 4°. The u nirersally k k ' wledged efficacy of this extraordinary, ~,,'ld 11u...,,,never-faihng remed a y e for the speedy and certain cure of Corns t a f :hi a ,',lsl,,lisi.litinowever obstinate and long-standing, induces the Proprietor otts'tr'd s puriouiT t a nt . ch enlic . aldiscov . ery, to Caution eeets the Public against oth e - those who imitations, rn u r', are ind injurious in their fr , and most danger. , either tnr ou en ignorance or th . e ' fraud a Ve r n ec t e p i r v e e t t e t pretences i ti 'hal. of hced to apply them. The Proprietor h - t h hgd or. its, beneficial e:re"ts from the most respectable famil.es in the The Renuine has the signature of " J. A. SHARW6OD " on " k ut'ide wr aPP'r. 4144 Chaa t e ss dlrß7'3, g h ; 6 saate w'thout ; and, by appointment by Sanger, 150 . xtbrelstireet ; and most Medicine Venders. )g t 'VATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE and DEFERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital, 500,0001. RautoN—His Grace the DUKE of SOMERSET, F.R. S. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Col. Sir Burges Camac, K. C. S. George Lungley, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D. F. R. S. IKenneth Mackenzie, Esq. C. Farebrother, Esq., Ald. 'John Rawson, Esq. H. Gordon, Esq. !Joseph Thomaston, E sq . Robert Holland, Esq., M.P. PuTsictax—J. Elliotson, M.D., F. R.S., 37, Conduit-street. Sunczon—E. S. Symes, Esq.. 36, Hill-street, Berkeley-square. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R.A. S. By the new principles of Life Assurance in this Society many essential advantages, besides that of svcuring a provision for a family, or for old age, are gained by the Assured, and thereby a vastly increased value is given to each policy effected with the Society. SPECIMEN OF ANNUAL PREMIUMS TO INSURE £lOO. PUBLICATIONS. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW No. CXXXVII. Was published This Day. CONTENTS. 1. THE DUKE DF 'WELLINGTON'S DISPATCHES. RUSCHENISERGER'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. . MEMOIRIi OF SIR WILLIAM KNIGHTON. 4 MR DICKENS'S TALES. 5. LIFE AND WRITINGS OF SIR WILLIAM TBMPLE. 0. STRICTURES ON THE LIFE OP MR. WILBERFORCII. 7. REIGNS OF GEORGE THE THIRD AND FOURTH —POLITI CAL CHARACTERS. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. ; A. and C. Black, Edinburgh. MR. THEODORE HOOK'S NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., GURNEY MARRIED A Continuation of " Gilbert Gurney." By THEODORE HOOK, Es 4, Author of " Sayings and Doings," &c. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. *,* Orders received by all Booksellers. Age '2O. Age - 5. Age 30. Age .15. Age 4 . Age 45. Age :,0. s d. s. d. £ . s. d. -e. s. d . £ . s., d. £. s. d. .£ s. d. 1 13 7 1 18 $ 2 4 4 2 10 11 2 14 $ : 9 4 4 4 SPECIMENS OF DEFERRED ANNUITIES CAPTAIN CHAMIER'S NEW NAVAL NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., JACK ADAMS, THE MUTINEER By Captain FREDERIC CHAMIER, R.N. Author of " The Life of a Sailor," &c. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. *„ 4 " Orders received by all Booksellers. BENEFITS. l! PREMIUMS. Options secured, on attaining the ' T. secure, an a '' Annuity.£lo 00 age of Sixty-five, by an Annual,; taming the age Cash NW 0 Premium of 21. I2s. I 1 of Sixty-five,the Po.icy 97 8 8 option of Payable Payable Age next Age Payable in for' next Annuity. cash Policy. 1 ' ißirth.'annually. One Dia. Birth. Day. Sum, parity. Day. I , - 20 f 7 I s ti ( 4 . P 9 . - . 1 ; . 1 d if.l4fri s o 0 2l i t s. 11 . 10 s O I d : 0 s o 0 30 26 15 10 221 0 0,261 0 0 i 30 019 t; 16 7 1 7 311 40 13 19 9 115 ", 01136 6 0:1 40 117 3 27 311 19 Just ready, in 2 vols. B T o., w ith P ortra i ts, T HE PROTECTORATE OF OLIVER CROMWELL, And the STATE of EUROPE during the EARLY PART of Also Annuities eommencing at any other Age. the REIGN of LOUIS XIV. Illustrated in a Series of Letters between Dr. John Pell and Secretary Thurloe, Sir Samuel Morland, Sir William Lockhart, and other distinguished Men of the time. Prospectuses, detailing the objects of the Society at length, with every variety of Tables, may be had by application at the Office, and any of the Branches, which are established in most of the principal Tow i.s. NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINALS. Editedby ROBERT VAUGHAN, D.D., Author of " The Life of Wickliffe," &c. &c. With Notes and an Introductory Essay on the Protector's Reign. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. F. FERGUSON CA 111ROU X, Secretary. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, AND PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, Established 1806. Capitals, A MILLION STERLING and UPWARDS. PRESIDENT—The Right Hon. EARL GREY. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. His Grace the Duke of Rutland Sir -Freder:ck A. Roe, Bart. The Most Noble the Marquis of Glynne Earle Welby, Esq M.P. Northampton George Pryme, Esq., M.P. The Right Hon Lord King Francis Con-.t, Esq The Right Hoe. Lord Northwiek J. E. Conant, I. so. S,r W. E %Velby, Bart. Barber Beaumont, Esq.: Sir John Osborn, Bart. • _ _ THE CHAR TER , A NEW WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKING CLASSES. THE PROFITS OF WHICH ARE TO BE PLACED AT THEIR DISPOSAL. At a numerous Meeting of Members of Trade Societies, hcld at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey, on Friday, September 7th, 1833, a plan for the establishment of a Weekly Newspaper was submitted by a gentleman long connected with the Public Press as an Editor. A Committee was formed from that Meeting to investigate into the practicability of the undertaking, who, after a patient inquiry, re ported in favour of the proposition at a subsequent Meeting; also stating that they had made an estimate of the expenses on a liberal scale, with the number of copies necessary to be sold to clear them. It was thereupon resolved that au Address and Prospectus should be published; and a Provisional Committee be formed, with power to add to their number, to carry the following two-fold object into effect :-- &c. &c. &c. The County is the only Fire Office whieh has constantly made Returns to its Members, and for a long serie: of years. These Re turns have varied from 10 to 25 per cent. and have amounted to up wards •f 100,0001. In the Life Office, nearly the whole of the profits are divided among the parties insured. Their effect may be judged of from a Policy taken out by his late Majesty 02 his owa life for 3,0001., whicli . adCitions increased to 3,963/. Upwards of thirty Insurance Offices having been broken up within a few years, and nearly as many new o ne s h av i ng been projected within the ast two er three years, it may be necessary to observe, that all the substantial advantages promised by such new Offices have been long realised under the plans and management of the Provident Life Office. First. To secure for the Working Classes a WEEKLY NEWS PAPER of the size and price of the " Weekly Dispatch," and in no way inferior to that Paper in any of its literary qualities or mecha nical features : a Weekly Newspaper which shall advocate unflinch ingly and uncompromisingly the right of_ all men to full and equal representation in the Legislature, and all those other essentials of just government embodied in the " PEOPLE'S CHARTER," also a National and Liberal System of Education, as well as those social and commercial reforms identified with the permanent inte rests of the people at large ; and which shall, in its miscellaneous department, include all those matters of novelty and interest neces sary to constitute a popular Weekly Journal. Secondly. To constitute out of the profits, derivable from the sale and advertisements of such a Paper, a FUND available for any object which shall be deemed promotive of the individual or collec tive comforts and interests of that class for whose special benefit the paper is proposed to be established ; and to place such fund, more over, at the sole and entire disposal of its delegated representatives. To realize this, 1. —lt is proposed that any Trade's Union, Benefit Society, Political or Social Association, or other organized body of persons com ing under the denomination of working men, which shall ob tain fifty subscribers to the Paper, shall participate in the ma nagement of the fund, by electing, annually, one of their own body to serve upon the Committee hereafter provided for ; and an additional delegate for every fifty subscribers. 2.—lt is proposed that the funds derived from the profits of the Paper shall be placed under the management of a Committee, constituted of the delegates appointed by the several societies or bodies of men, in conformity with the provision of the pre ceding paragraph. All questions in Committee to be decided by a majority of votes. 3.-1 t is proposed that the funds shall be vested in four Trustees, to be chosen at a general meeting of the Committee of management. 4.—lt is proposed that the editorship and literary management of the Paper shall be confided to the person with whom the project for its establishment originated (subject to dismissal by the Committee for neglect of duty) who has been for many years connected with the Newspaper Press of the metropolis ; who has given ample evidence of his unceasing devotion to the interests of the Working Classes : and who is ready to enter into the most satisfactory sureties for sustaining the poli tical, literary, and other neceessary charateristics of a popular Newspaper. The financial management of the property will be vested in the Committee provided for in clause 2. *,* The Committee beg it may be distinctly understood that the CHARTER is not to be a Paper held in shares (nor is it in any way connected with a proposed Newspaper entitled the Operative") ; no person or bodies of persons becoming a sub scriber or subscribers, or electi n g a mem b er to serve upon the Committee for the appropriation of profits, will incur any pecuniary responsibility. The establishment of such a Paper, and the consequent realiza tion of the advantages above adverted to, cannot, of course, be effected without an earnest and well-directed effort being made by the class of persons for whose benefit they are i n t en d e d . They are not required to incur any risk, or the contingency of any pe cuniary loss ; they are offered a Weekly Newspaper, at least equal in size and general interest to any one now extant ; devoted, more over, to the advancement of their own interests, anti placing at their disposal all the profits to be derived from its circulation. They are called upon merely to co-operate with the provisional committee in their attempt to achieve this desirable object, by first resolving to purchase the Paper themselves, and next, by inducing as many other persons as they can to purchase it also; and as soo n as a sufficient number of Subscribers are obtained to clear the ne cessary expenses, agentleman, in conjunction with the Committee, is prepared to bring out the first number. It is earnestly requested that this Prospectus may be read in every Trades' Society, Benefit Society, Political Union, Social Association, and in all other bodies of the Working Classes ; and that the respective Secretaries of such Societies, severally, do com municate to the Secretary of the Provisional Committee, as early as possible, the number of Subscribers to the Paper, whose names and addresses can be handed over to the Committee, so that the necessary instructions may be forthwith given for the election of a member for each fifty Subscribers, to serve upon the Committee for managing the funds to be derived from the Paper. Any fifty persons of the Working Classes, not now members of any Society, ma y form themselves into a body for supporti ng th e Paper, and elect a member to serve upon the Committee. Any two or more Societies, not having a sufficient number of members each to furnish fifty Subscribers, may unite to elect a member to serve upon the Committee ; and Societies at too great a distance from town to send a delegate to the Committee, may empower the representative of any other Society to act and vote for them. J. A. BEAUMONT, Secretary. STEANI TO MADEIRA. HER MAJESTY'S MAILS by STEAM to VIGO, OPORTO, LISBON, CADIZ, GIBRALTAR, MALTA, GREECE, THE lONIAN ISLANDS, EGYPT, ang INDIA. THE ROYAL TAR will start from off LIME HOUSE on TRUX!:DAY NEXT, the 11th of October, at Twelve o'clock at Night ; and from Falmouth on MONDAY, 15th October. The PENINSULAR PACKETS start weekly as above, being met by her Majesty's Packets at Gibraltar. Further particulars may be obtained on application to Messrs. Jas. Hartley and Co., 17, Eden Quay, Dublin; Messrs. Martin and Burns, Glasgow ; Messrs J. Pollock and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs. W. and E. C. Carrie, Falmouth ; A. Abraham, Esq., Southamp ton ; Mossrs.J. and J. Abraham, 32, King-street, Bristol; or at the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company's Offices, 51, St. Mary Axe ; or 44, Regent-street, Piccadilly, London. WILLCOX and AND ERSON, Managers. N.B. The WILLIAM FAWCETT will start from LISBON on her SECOND TRIP to MADEIRA immediately after the Royal Tar's arrival there. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. J. Killingbaek, pressman J. W. Tickle, hatter W. Craig, compositor J. Anstis, carpenter T. Tate, carver and gilder W. H. Cotterell, ditto S. Hassell, mason J. Kay, engineer J. Kendrick, carver and gilder M. Gotobed, carpenter J. Heppe], engineer E. Blewitt, ditto T. J. Dunning, bookbinder R. Hartwell, compositor J. Jaffray, ditto . T. Alldis, , musical instrument B. Teasdale, ditto maker W. Sly, ladies' shoemaker G. Torrey, smith J. Wright, morocco leather J. C. Locket, bricklayer finisher J. Stoddart, ditto T. Barratt, cork cutter T. Mathews, smith T. Hurly, bricklayer's labourer T. Dallaway, basket maker J. Carbery, hatter W. Isaacs, typefounder J. Jones, smith J. H. Forsyth, carpenter Hood, tailor. W. LOVETT, cabinet maker, Hon. Sec. All Secretaries, Officers of Societies, as well as all persons de sirous of obtaining Subscribers to this Paper, are requested to for ward the names and addresses of such Subscribers to the Secre tary (post paid), 6, Upper North-place, Gray's-inn-road ; Mr. Hartwell, 85, Cornwall-road, Lambeth; or any member of the Committee; of whom copies of the Prospectus may be o btained; also of Mr. Dooley, Bell Inn, Old Bailey. Friends in the country willing to assist in this object, are solici ted to form themselves into a Provisional Committee, for the pur pose of obtaining Subscribers, and to communicate with the Com mittee in London. VAN BUTCHELL ON FISTULA, Sce. Third Edition. Just published, in Bvo., cloth boards, prica with additional Cases, VACTS and OBSERVATIONS relative stricessful MODE of TREATING PILES, FISTULA,and HEMORRHOIDAL EXCRESCENCES, TUMOURS,_.,,,; STRICTURES, without CUTTING or CONFINEAIENI illustrEed with numerous cases ; being a familiar exposition of the practice of S. J. Van Butchell, Surgeon Accoucheur. Published by H. Renshaw, No. 356, Strand ; sold also by the Author,. at his residence, No. 16, Percy-street, Bedford -square. " Th fact that this treatise has run through a third edition, that ttt it has been very extensively circulated, and met with equally ex tensive approval, sufficiently attests its merits. It is written in a plain unlaboured style, and contains a number of grateful testimo nials to Mr. Van Butchell from persons who have been cured by its learned author."--The Western Luminary, May 21, 183 8 . 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A C n . drew,e Pratt, R a e ll c t i o n r o i l e P rt a fe cic rd es , to a n nd : from Rev. H. ethers who witnessed its extraordinary, e ff ec t s i n t h e i r respective C R l3d ev ( . l parishes, will be found in the Times of Ist O ct . 1 835, and also at i- Pall-mall and C hea p side. Attenlance from Ten till Fi ve. in i tton ß , a l y ii y c , ar Roef IRELAND. e L r ' e l Ulster er ratherand C lukewarmonna u gh t i n ) , second ing both o f In our Dublin Correspondent's letter, received this morning, : f i o d( rmer province the counties of wei se lr h . ta O hva ' e tCaionl held.n a n taw e y l os l ' b s P l er pfo nv l i t i cn h c o y e e lel meetings of the Precursor Society, have been • s ; m atter of course ; but to s ecure t h e other is m p v Monaghan and Caavyaon, andh aveßsoesnntoimninthoeni,rLaedinhestseiorna,nd andinthe le Munster, ar Several outrages, arising from combinati on among trades men, have been committed latterly in various quarte rs . The Kilkenny Journa l is threaten ed with an actio n b y t h e late Mayor of th at city. L or d Gossford has arrived at hii estate in the nort h of Ire land, and has been r e ceived there with t he greatest enth us i asm . The Southern Reporter of Saturday states th at no weather e can be better than last week's. Nothing can be more auspicious for harvest operations. The country is all activity, and wherever the sickle had not been brought into play, owing to the unfavourable weather that prevailed hi the months of Aug. and Sept., the farmers are to be seen availing themselves of the fine weather. Large breadths of wheat and barley have been saved in excellent condition during the week, which, osonme_efofuuortrh of orfi a v n e awyceerkags esitnoc,eibgeahvuesbliattnldemparno.misTe yielding r l e ie f has proved most important in the saving of turf, which, as an article of firing, many of the more inland districts depend upon entirely. Altogether there is a marked favourable change in the aspect of the agricultural interests, which nothing but weather such as we are now enjoying could have brought about. The great annual fair of Ballinasloe is proceeding at t i z zin Pooregthn new, Laws.—. The w systems pre sent. Up war d s o f e i ghty thousand sheep have been sent to a n n it; th e sa l es have been extensive. The th eatre h as opened for the winter season Th s e p e Assistantedily and Teffectually. At C a a r r k e org Mr. Vouls had some unpleasant bickering with Mr. O'Cal. e laghan, one of th Liberal . the Members, but in other q u a rters Commissioners are proceeding amicably with the local autho rities. A V ETERAN.—At Steeple Aston, in this county, now lives Eleanor Aymer, a widow woman, aged 103 or 104 years. She states that she was born at Redditch, in Worces tershire, and that her parents' names were John and Ann Westwood. According to her own account she was brought up " in a comical way." For a great many succeeding years she wa s known as a hawker of baskets. She belongs to Bourton parish, near Banbur but has res id e d f or 30 y ears a t Steeple Asto n , w h ere she is y r ' iow provided for. The Ban bury Board of Guardians, very much to their credit, were quite a verse to moving Mrs. Aymer to the union workhouse ; and they therefore allowed her five shillings per week as out door relief, for which sum she is kept at Steeple Aston by her Aymer's mind is old neighbour, Widow Scroggs. About ten years ago sbe received a visit from her daughter, " young girl" then 80 years of age, and now 90. The family have been generally very long lived. One of Mrs. Aymer's sisters died suddenly some time back in Bloxham Field, aged 104 or 108. Mrs. relish for gin is exquisite; and her hatred of doctors and doc tors' stuff is another ruling passion with her. She has kept quite perfect; her voice good, but low; her her bed about three years, and expresses no desire to live ; but from her present appearance and voice it is possible that she may live some years longer.-04Ord Herald. STATE OF TRADE. There have been but few buyers in the market this week, and the demand appears to be not generally so brisk as usual. Some kinds of goods are ac cumulating in the manufacturers' warehouses, but no altera tion has taken place in prices of labour and yarn.—Leicester shire Mercury. STEAM between BRISTOL and NEW YORK. THE GREAT WESTERN, Lieutenant JAMES HOSKEN, R.N., Commander, Is appointed to start as follows : FROM BRISTOL. FROM NEW YORK. 27th October. 22d November. And for the Year 1839. 16th February. 13th March. 6th April. Ist May. 25th May. 19th June. 13th July. 7th August 31st August 25th September. 19th October. 13th November. 7th December. Ist January, 1840. Fares to New York, in best State Rooms, 40 Guineas ; in other State Room, 35 Guineas. Children and Servants, Half Price. Light Goods, 5/. per ton measurement, which must be on board three days before the day of sailir.g. Specie, of above Twenty Thousand Pounds, at per Cent., if under that amount 1 ,4 per Cent. An experienced Surgeon is attached to the Ship. For information, and to secure State Rooms, apply to Mr. T. M. Ward, Great Western Railway Office, London ; Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Cs., Liverpool ; Messrs. Hamilton, Brother, and Co., Glasgow; Mr. W. Davidson, Havre; Mr. A. Andelle, Paris; and at the Company's Office, Bristol, of the Directors. N. B.—Passengers are particularly requested to have the word " Below," in large letters, written on such portions of their lug gage as are not required in their berths. No Second Class or Steerage Passengers taken. SALES BY AUCTION. IN THE SOUTH OF YORKSHIRE, BORDERING UPON THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM. The entire MANOR and LORDSHIP of ROSSINGTON, an extensive FREEHOLD ESTATE, WOODS, and PLANTA TIONS, of nearly 3,000 acres, situate on the Great North Road, 156 miles from London to York and Edinburgh, and four miles south of the town of Doncaster. MR. TILBURN will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mansion-house in Doncaster, on THURSDAY, the 25th day of October, at Two o'Clock, the ROSSINGTON ESTATE, comprehending the entire Manor, Lordship, and Parish of Rossington, the property of the Corporation of Doncaster, si tuate in a favourite part of the county of York, extending over nearly 3,000 acres of fertile arable (turnip and barley soil ), meadow, pasture, and wood lands, within a ring fence, subdivided into 14 eligible farms by thriving quickset hedges. The whole of the rural village of Rossington (except the rectory) composed chiefly of modern farm-houses, home-steads, and agricultural buildings, all in good order and condition, well built and judiciously planned with great consideration to the occupancy and convenience of an old and highly respected tenantry, with comfortable cottages and pro lific gardens for an industrious and well-regulated labouring popu lation. Shooters'-hill, the residence of R. F. A. Freeman, Esq., delightfully situate, is part of the valuable domain, approached from its lodge on the London-road, and the mansion, though of unassuming pretension, is full of comfort, presenting a neat eleva tion, environed by tastefully displayed plantations, gardens, plea sure grounds, and park like enclosures, quite a gentleman's resi dence, replete with all requisite domestic offices ; and complete farm buildings, for 400 acres of land attached, and let on building lease at a low rent, with the mansion, commanding extensive and varied scenery over the soft undulating and far spreading woods of Ros sington, (the town of Doncaster in view,) and closed by rising grounds and woods in the distant horizon. Rossington Grange, secluded by sheltering woods, and watered by the Thorne Rivulet. On the westerly side of the estate is a highly respectable farm residence, with capital homestead, buildings, and premises for 300 acres of land, forming altogether one of the most valuable farms of the neighbourhood. The Inn, called the Corporation Arms, but more generally known by the appellation of Rossington-bridge, with its excellent accommodation, stabling for 100 horses, and spacious farmstead and lands, is admirably situate by the high London road on the northern boundary, and has attained, under the present management, that well-merited reputation which its sporting and agricultural friends are on all occasions anxious to proclaim. The luxuriant woods and thriving plantations, pro verbial for their neat and healthy appearance, and the theme of general praise, contain nearly 300 acres, yielding a very considerable annual income, including the Hunster, Helms' Carr, and Parks' Woods, of fine grown oak timber, which, with the other covers upon the estate, and the approximating strictly preserved • grounds o f J. Walbanke Childers, Esq., M.P., George Greaves, Esq., and others, and parts of the Nottinghamshire possessions of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, afford covert and plain shooting equal to any in the kingdom. The vicinity of Doncaster has been justly celebrated for its numerous seats of the nobility and gentry and fashionable society. The fox-hunting excellent, the Badsworth and Scarborough kennels close at hand, and the Fitzwilliam and Bramham Hunts within distance. The Manor of Rossington, with the rights, royalties, and immunities thereunto appertaining, is co extensive with the lordship, and held by the Corporation of Don caster, by Royal grant from Henry VII. Both are of freehold tenure ; the land-tax is redeemed, and the tithes commuted to 614/. per annum. The present rental of the farms upon the estate, with the woods in hand, is estimated at 3,2001. per annum. It would be vain to attempt to describe all the advantages which this beautiful domain nossesses. It must be seen to be fully appreciated, and it may in truth be said to be one of the most compact and de sirable estates in the county, and a capital and substantial landed investment. The advowson, or perpetual right of presentation to the Rectory of Rossington, of the annual value of upwards of 7001., is in the gift of the Corporation, and will be sold subsequently under the direction of her Majesty's Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Descriptive particulars and plans are preparing, and may shortly be had at the news-rooms of York, Leeds, Hull, Sheffield, Man chester, Bi rm i ng h am, Li verpoo l , Gl asgow, an d Edinburgh ; the public libraries of Brighton, Cheltenham, and Bath ; at the Auc tion Mart • at Garraway's ; and of Messrs. Forbes, Hale, and Boys, 5, Ely -place, London ; of Mr. Alexander, surveyor and land agent, Doncaster ; •of Mr. Popplewell, the Corporation Steward , Doncaster ; Mr. Tilburn, auctioneer, Doncaster; and at Messrs. Mason and Collinson's, the Town Clerk's offices, in Doncaster. : N 6.14,379. • .044/ o '4 ,• : A" • ei.V44:o ; Sl e ' , - - .4 4 1 ter‘t . r \_ - _ . , ! r , . , • • 'Off , • • I , 11111 1 ." • c .7 7-• 1, 4 r j e t 4, t) T , , o , l* D RAILWAYS IN IRELAND. PRICE sd. (From the Times.) We will not pretend to give an opinion as to the supe rior eligibility of the lines recommended by the Commis sioners of Railways for Ireland, or of those proposed by the Railway Companies already formed or contemplated. This must greatly depend on local circumstances, requiring the most laborious examination, and of which none but skilful and experienced engineers can be competent judges ; and the last few years have shown bow widely even those persons can differ on such points. But as far as general arguments, and as the traffic, means, population, and im portance of towns and districts are concerned, the recom mendations of the Commissioners appear fair and plau sible enough. They have been censured for objecting to all the lines proposed by various formed or intended Com panies, and for recommending a line of their own in lieu, it being argued that they were only appointed to give an opinion respecting the comparative merits of the lines proposed by different Companies, and to facilitate the labours of those associations, not, on the contrary, to endeavour to crush them by objecting to their lines and by recommending totally different ones. This construction of the letters patent by which the Commissioners were ap pointed does not seem to be warranted either by the letter or intent of that document, or by the purpose for which the Commission was issued. It appears to us that the Com missioners were not only left at perfect liberty to object.to all the lines projected by Companies, and to recommend to tally different lines, but that- they were bound to do so, if, after a full and partial examination of the former lines, they found them disadvantageous to the public, or even less ad vantageous than others which could be suggested. Whether this investigation was properly conducted, and the conclu sions of the Commissioners were fairly and impartially ar rived at (which would seem to be doubted by some of the parties interested in rival lines), is of course quite another question. We ob'cct, however, to the report and proceedings of the Commissioners upon other grounds. Ist. Because they have gone far beyond the letter and evident intent of their instructions, by entering into minute details and calculations of the cost and return of the lines recommended by them : thereby putting the public to a large and unnecessary expense in attempting to do what the experience of the last four or five years has proved to be utterly impracticable, while their calculations may have the effect of seriously dampinc , the spirit of oven legitimate enterprise in those undertak7- ings. The Birmingham Railway will have cost about the double of the original estimate laid before Parliament, and the most enormous difference between the previous esti mates and the subsequent cost of execution has been ex. perienced by all the Railway Companies. The same un certainty is shown as respects returns. The present extent of traffic and intercourse is found to form no criterion whatever of what is likely to be their future amount. Steamers and railroads usually (we may say invariably, where the means and taste of the population or other local causes do not present unusual obstacles) create so complete a revolution in the travelling habits of every district with which they are connected as to set all previous calculations at utter defiance. Ample proof of this may every day be seen on our coasts, rivers, and roads, and we need only refer to the descrip tion given by the Commissioners themselves of the enor mous and incalculable increase of travelling which has taken place in all the countries where steamers, railroads, omnibuses, and other new and improved means of convey ance have been introduced. Moreover, while the Com missioners have thus been exceeding their instructions and puttinc , the country t o great expense' for an unattainable object (unless, indeed, the real object was to throw a good job in the way of a friend or of a Whigling), they have, by their own showing, omitted to do what they were clearly instructed to perform. The letters patent directed them to " take into consideration not only the existing means which the country presents, but those which may be an ticipated from the resources which may in future be de veloped." Now, this they have not done, and they ex pressly say so at page 17 of their Report. " No allow ance," they observe, " has been made in these estimates for the increase which would attend the progressive im provement of the country." 2dly. We strongly object to the Commissioners having taken upon themselves to express a " doubt whether any Company will be induced to undertake either of the great lines" recommended by them, and, consistently enough, to follow up that statement by advising a large pecuniary advance to be made from the public purse to assist in carrying them into effect. How could the Com missioners possibly know the intentions of Companies and capitalists respecting the lines suggested in their Report before those lines had been made known to and examined by the above-mentioned parties ? This is not only Irish logic with a vengeance, but here is also a good spice of Scotch "double-sight." It was, however, no bad means for verifying the prediction which they had so presci ently made. A hint that money is likely to be got for asking is seldom lost on speculators in any country ; but the Irish are surely not so remarkable for their retiring modesty and for their backwardness in asking for money or for any other " valuable commodity" within their reach, that it was necessary for the Commissioners to give them so broad a hint on the subject instead of waiting at least—if it had only been to pick John Bull's pocket with some outward show of decency—until the proposed plan of railroads had been made generally known, and it could - really be shown that no Companies were forthcoming to undertake those lines. The Commis sioners do not state the reasons on which they found the opinion we have just spoken of, but, judging from general ap pearances, we should certainly have arrived at every different conclusion, supposing always the lines recommended by the Commissioners to have been made with judgment, skill, and impartiality. It appears also from the Report, that rail roads have been undertaken or are projected, by Companies already formed or proposed, from Dublin to nearly or all the points recommended by the Commissioners, though by diffe rent lines, and this we presume (as no mention is made of public assistance) without applying for a single shilling to the public Exchequer. If, then, Companies were ready to execute without public assistance the lines projected by themselves, but described by the Commissioners as being so inferior to their own, how much more desirous should those Companies be of undertaking the lines proposed by the Commissioners when they perceive their superiority ? But if, on the contrary, they adhere to their own lines, and no Company can be found to undertake the Commissioners' lines without a large advance from the public purse, while other lines can be executed without such aid, will it not afford tolerably strong evidence that there is something rot ten in the state of Denmark ? We do not deny that, as far as one or two principal lines go, railroads are perhaps the most useful mode in which public money could be expended in Ireland ; but, for the same reason, they are also the undertakings in which capitalists are the post likely to em bark without. assistance from the Government. Such aid should, therefore, only have been thought of when all chance of establishing railroads by private means had entirely ceased. There is another circumstance connected with the foregoing point, respecting which some still stronger charges have been brought against the Commissioners. It is stated, that in the letters patent issued before the death of his late Majesty, and by which the Commissioners were appointed, the latter were instructed to ascertain the best lines on which it may be advisable to establish Railways, and for which Joint-stock Companies may be willing to apply to Parliament ; but that in the new letters patent which it became necessary to issue upon the demise of the Crown all reference to Joint-stock Com panies was studiously omitted. This omission, it has been more than insinuated, was caused by the Commissioners themselves, to enable them to obtain public assistance for some of their friends who intended to dabble in Railways, and to secure for others some of the good jobs and appoint ments that would arise from the interference of Govern ment ; all which laudable schemes would have been pre vented, if the above -mentioned condition respecting Joint stock Companies, which was contained in the first let ters patent, had not been omitted in the second. The cause of this notable omission it will be for Ministers to explain on the re-assembling of Parliament. If we laid a wager, we would bet that the Commissioners will be found less to blame in the matter than her Majesty's Minis ters, and that this will turn out to be an attempt at another of those disgraceful jobs—another of those sops, by which the present Ministry endeavour to stop the growls and satisfy the ravenous craving of the great Agitator and his tail. We have already been told by one of O'Connell's creatures that one or two millions of English money must be given for public works in Ireland. The interference of Government and an advance of public money are always to be deprecated where they can possibly be dispensed with, but this is doubly the case in Ireland, where the pro pensity to jobbing and to extravagance is so notorious. Many undertakings in that country which would have yielded a good return if executed under the vigilant con trol of parties immediately interested, became ruinous be cause the expense was defrayed out of the Exchequer, and the works were planned and performed under the superin tendence o f pu bli c o ffi cers. I t i s no d ou bt necessary for - 2. F` 4 10 r-rifie protection of the public that the Legislature should hits -pose certain conditions and - regulation s on Railway Comes parties ; but, subject to these, all the rest should be le't to the sole means and management of those associations. The two lines recommended by the Commissioners are, one extending from Dublin to the south-west of Ireland, and- the other from Dublin to the north. The south. west line is described in the following summary " The point selected for the terminus of the southern lines, in the city of Dublin, is on the bank of the river Liffey, close „ to Barrack-b r id ge . Th ence t h e ra il way h as b een laid out in a southern -direction, on the right bank of the Liffey, through Palmerstown, and close to Lucan. From Lucan the: . line takes a south-western direction, passing near to tho towns of Sallins, Rathangan, Monastereven, Portarlington, and Maryborough. Three miles beyond Maryborougb, Rharu the line crosses the summit of the country, between the val lies of the Barrow and the Nore, it is proposed to form a branch to the city of Kilkenny, by the town of Abbeyleix and Ballyragget. The distance between Dublin and the corn - mencernent of this bran c h i s 52 1 miles, and th ence to Kil kenny is 24 miles, making a total length, from Dublin to Kil kenny, of 79 miles. From the Maryborough summit the line has been continued through the lime-stone country to the road from Barr is-in-Ossory to Rathdowney, which it crosses at the dis tance of 66 miles from Dublin, and three miles from Borris in-Ossory, on the Limerick road; and this point, which will serve as a station for passengers and reerchandise from tins towns of Roscrea, I3orris-in-Ossory, Castletown, Mount rad), and the districts around them, must eventually become a point of very general resort. From the road to Borris-in- Ossory the line pursues its south-western direction, passing near to the towns of Rathdowney, Templemoree and Thurles, to Holycross, in the county of Tipperary, where it is proposed that the line to Limerick should diverge. This line has been laid out with great care, skirting as close as levels will permit to the south-eastern base of the range of the Keeper mountains, and thence, without encountering any difficulty, proceeding in a direct line to the city of Limerick. The distance by the proposed line of railway between Dublin and Holycross is 89i miles, and between Holycross and Limerick 35i miles. making a total distance between Dublin and Limerick of 1251. This distance is only six miles longer than the direct post-road between those points, a circumstance we deem very satisfac tory, when it is considered that the proposed railway commu nication between Limerick and Dublin will be effected by a - divergence from the Cork line of only 35i miles in length. From Holycross the main Cork line proceeds in a southern direction to Cashel, and thence to Marhill, near New Inn, in the county of Tipperary, at which point it is intended that the line to Clonmel and Waterford should commence ; but to complete a direct railway communication between Limerick and Waterford, it is also proposed that this branch liner should be continued in a western direction from Marhill to wards Limerick, and, crossing the river Suir at Golden, join the line from Holycross to Limerick at Donaghill. The dis tance from Marhill, by Golden, to Donaghill is 13 miles; and by adopting this arrangement there will be a saving of distance between Limerick and Waterford of 143 . - miles; without it, all the traffic from Limerick to Waterford must necessarily pass from Donaghill, round by Holycross, to Marhill, in order to reach the commencement of the Waterford line. Between Marhill, on the Cork line, and the City of Waterford, wo have not thought it necessary to make a detailed survey fur ther than Clonmel, between which point and Waterford it has already been ascertained, by a careful survey, that a railway can he made at a moderate expense. From our passenger and commercial traffic maps, it appears that the present intercourse between Waterford and Clonmel is very consi. derable, and, though perhaps not sufficient to insure the suc cess of a Railway speculation were it limited to those places, still, when to this important local traffic the rapid communica tion between Waterford and Limerick, and Waterford, Dub lin, and Cork, are added, we apprehend that few parts of the general system of Railway communication which we recom mend will be found more remunerative than that between Wa terford and Clonmel. The distance between Dublin and Marhill is IC4I miles, and thence to Waterford 37 miles. Continuing in a southern direction from Marhill, the Cork line follows the valley of the River Suir to Cahir, situated at the eastern extremity of the Galtees Mountains, at which point, owing to the physical structure of the country, it has - been necessary to adopt a south-western course, passing through the narrow valley interposed between the Galtees and Kik orth Mountains, whence it continues by Mitchell_ town to Kildorrery, and thence to the town of Mallow, si tuated on the River Blackwater. The valley of the Rivet- Blackwater, at Mallow, offers a very favourable line for the extension of the Railway in a western direction to Killar ney, distant 40 miles. No doubt, during the summer season, this line would be much resorted to by visitors to the Lakes, arid at the same time it would connect the extensive culm col lieries situated immediately to the north of the Blackwater, and 14 miles west of Mallow, with the interior of the lime stone country, where fuel, and particularly culm, is much re quired for burning lime, both for building and agriculture. But we do not recommend the execution of this branch at present ; we merely allude to it as one which it may be desir able to construct at a future period, and which would add con siderably to the traffic on the main trunk both in passengers and merchandise. From Mallow the main line takes a direct southern course to Cork, and necessarily crosses a ridge of slate country, which intervenes between the limestone vallies of the river Blackwater, at Mallow, and the river Lee, on which Cork is situated." The northern line proposed is as follows : " The first 28 miles—namely, from Dublin to Navan, are common to both the Armagh and Enniskillen lines ; at Na van they diverge, that to the Belfast taking a northern course, passing near to Carrickmacross, and through Castleblaney to Armagh, the distance between Navan and Armagh being 57 miles and a half, and the total distance from Dublin to Ar magh 85 miles and a half. Between Dublin and Navan, where the line crosses the lime-stone country, the gradients are beter; and the average cost per mile will be 4,2001. less than where it passes through the slate country already de scribed, which extends nearly for the whole distance from Navan to Armagh. The north-west, or Enniskillen line, on diverging from the Armagh line at Navan, has been laid out in the valley of the Blackwater river, passing through Kells and Virginia. As far as Kells the country is unusually favourable, but between that point and Cavan, and thence to Newtown-Butler, in the county of Fermanagh, the cost of forming will be considerable, owing to the hilly character of the slate district. Beyond Newtown -Butler the line passes through the flat country skirting the northeastern margin of Upper Lough Erne. In such a locality the gradients, as might be expected, are excellent, and the cost is proportion ably reduced. The town of Enniskillen, situated between Upper and Lower Lough Erne, may be considered as a central station, towards which both passengers and commercial traffic may be expected to converge for a considerable circuit, in cluding the importact town of Londonderry, Letterkenny, Strabane, Omagh, Donegal, Ballysbannon, and Sligo; and hence, for the present, it is considered to be the most suitable point for the termination of the north-western railway. At a future period it is probable that a railway may be constructed from Londonderry to Enniskillen, passing through the towns of Strabane, Newtown-Stewart, andiOmagh; and a prelimi nary survey for a line through those places has been submitted to us by a very respectable body of gentlemen interested in the improvements of the adjoining districts of the counties of Dcnegal, Derry, and Tyrone ; but we are satisfied that for some time to come the expected intercourse through the country would not be sufficient to warrant the commencement of this railway." The estimated cost of the proposed lines of Railway ap pears, from the caleulations of the engineers employed, to be about 5,300,000/. for the south-west line,and2,ooo,ooo/. for the northern. The return estimated by the Commis sioners is 3i per cent. for the south-west line and its branches ; 3 i f per cent. for the cross line from Waterford to Limerick ; and 4i per cent. for the northern line ; the cost of construction for the whole being calculated to ave rage 11,000/. per mile. With the exception of the matters to which we have already alluded, the Commissioners seem to have performed their task as wellas circumstances would permit. Their report and appendices contain much useful and interesting information, the principal of which we shall lay before our readers in a condensed form. At the Barton Petty Sessions, a poor but respec table woman, named Mary Elston, was brought up on an as. sault warrant, for boxing the ears of an impudent young ur chin of the name of Simmons, a boy of eight years of age, who had kicked and thrown stones at her. Several witnesses proved the boy to be a most insolent and daring child, giving great annoyance in the neighbourhood. Notwithstanding the poor woman's defence, and the proof of its truth, she was fined 103. and costs, which being unable to pay, she was or. dered to be dragged froaa her family and confined in the House of Correction for one month l—Lincolnshire Chronicle. A confirmation by the Lord Bishop of Winchester took place yesterday morning at the Chapel of St. John the Evangelist, at Forton, which afforded a most interesting sight to a very numerous and attentive congregation. The hymn on confirmation, sung before the litany, was most i mpressive. There were confirmed for the district of St. John the Evan gelist, 99; for Gosport, 79 ; Alvetstoke, 47 ; Rowner, 6; Hasler 4-235. The Bishop was taken ill after the confir mation with a violent sore throat, from which, before he could be recovered, he was obliged to be relieved by the application of leeches ; and his Lordship's charge was read to the audi tory by the Rev. M. Jacobs. His Lordship, in consequ ence of this indisposition, h as b een compe ll e d to postpone the re maining confirmations until further notice. —Hampshire Tele graph. On Thursday, as Mr. Samuel W ilson was return ing to the house of hi s unc l e , M r . A n drews, of Tbliol7i:gl‘hi° nis eux, from shooting, the gun wen t oft' e s he was entering the door, the contents pa ss i ng thr ou gh his head, and brains out.—Bury Herald. We will not disguise the fact—we have never Wit nessed a more important crisis in foreign or domestic polities than the present. The struggle is not now between the sove reign and his subjects, but between the middle classes and the lower orders of the people ; the aristocracy is but the gilded capital, which must drop to the base or go with the shaft. Those who have brought on this contest may live to see the dreadful c onsequences, unless both those who recklessly incite, and those who insultingly defy, the people, change their course before the tide sets in, for neither can then controul it. Silurian. DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION.—An inquest was held yesterday in Islington, on the body of a man, name un known, who was found lying dead near a brick-kiln, in that neighbourhood, as detailed in The Sun of yesterday. The state of the body left no doubt that the unfortunate mart had suffered from extreme destitution. Verdict--" Acciden tally Suffocated."